Anesthetic neuroprotection: Some things do last

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-10

  Bickler, Philip E ^a   Patel, Piyush M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOFLURANE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33845941857     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200701000-00006     Document Type: Editorial

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